Bacon-straightening device



Nov. 10, 1936. L. DE Moss BACON STRAIGHTENING DEVICE Filed April 5, 1933 INVENTOR IBY/EDWW ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BACON-STRAIGHTENING DEVICE Leonard De Moss, Des Moines, Iowa, assignor to Industrial Patents Corporation, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application April 3, 1933, Serial No. 664,100

2 Claims. (Cl. 17-44) This invention relates to means for the treat- Figure 3 that the points may be said to be forment of bellies or bacon slabs. When bellies wardly extending, that is, extend in the genor slabs of bacon are smoked, there is a tendency, eral direction of the are formed by the spring especially when skinned bellies are used, to cause when the device is applied to a bacon slab and 5 the bellies to curl or warp. As a result of such do not enter the slab at right angles to the surcurling the appearance is less attractive, the face whereby the spring merely urges the points slabs do not pack well and, moreover, the bacon inwardly and does not tend to tear the tissues. does not slice well, especially in a slicing ma- In ordinary practice, the devices are applied chine, as is the case when the slab lies fiat. to the unsmoked bellies and permitted to remain One of the objects of the present invention is on the belly until after smoking has been com- 10 to provide a simple and effective device to be pleted and the meat has become chilled and set applied to the bellies preferably before smokin the uncurled position.

ing, the device being permitted to remain in Unlike the belly straightening devices which place during smoking, thus preventing curling have been heretofore proposed, the device of the during the drying coincident with smoking. present application may be said to be self-ad- 15 Other objects Will be apparent from the dejusting. The spring is slightly compressed when scription and claims which follow. the device is applied to the bacon slab and as a One embodiment of the invention is shown in consequence exerts a constant pressure and, althe accompanying drawing in which: though it thus resists the tendency of the slab Figure l is a perspective View of one embodito shrink, the spring will give sufliciently to ment of the device constructed in accordance avoid any tendency to tear the tissue at the with the present invention. points of penetration.

Figure 2 is a front view showing a bacon slab Although but one specific embodiment of this held in a conventional comb hanger with one of invention is herein shown and described, it is the devices applied to the lean side of the slab. to be understood that some of the details of con- Figure 3 is a cross section taken through line struction shown may be altered or omitted with- 25 33 of Figure 2. out departing from the spirit of the invention Figure 4 is a side view of the slab shown in as defined in the following claims. Figure 2. I claim:

In the construction shown in the drawing, the 1. A bacon straightening device comprising 30 device is made of No. 13 gauge tempered steel two tempered steel wires complementally bent wire. The device is formed of two wires l and and joined together throughout the greater part 2 which are complementary, being bent to form of the central portion of their length, arched in the spring arch 3 and soldered or otherwise afthis portion to form a spring, the ends being fixed as at 4 and 5. Ends 6 are formed by bendbent at right angles forming end pieces, the tips 35 ing the wires at right angles as at l, the points thereof being bent at right angles from the end 8 being formed by bending the ends of the wires pieces to form points. as at 9. 2. A device of the class described comprising In practice, two or more of the devices are an arched central portion formed of wiire and applied to the lean side of the bacon slab, the provided at each end with outwardly extending 40 points of one end being spaced from the points wire cross pieces, said arched portion being posiof the other end at a distance less than the tinned wholly between the cross pieces, said normal distance between the ends when excross pieces being provided with outwardly extended, in order that the spring tension of arch tending points formed of the material of the 3 may be utilized. cross pieces. 45 It will be seen by reference to Figure l and LEONARD DE MOSS. 

